Cuff-button



1. B. SAB0UH|N.

' CUFF BUTTON.

. APPLICATION FILED MARL 30, T921.

Patented June 21, 1921.

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JEAN BAPTTSTE SABOURIN, 0F NRTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 EISN- STADTMANUFACTURNG COIYENY, OF ST. LO'UTS, IVIISSOURI, A CORPORATION OFMISSOURI.

Curr-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent. t Patented June 21, 1921.

Application filed Mal-ch 30, 1921. Serial No. 456,879.

To all fw hom t may concern: Y

lle it known that l, Jaan Bar'risrn SA- noiuuN, a citizen oi' the UnitedStates oi' America7 residing at the town of Norton, county of Bristol,citate of lllassachusetts, United States of America, have invented acertain new and useful Culi-Button, of which the following is such afull, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in theart to which it -appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a cuil button of the type illustrated in JacobsUnited States Patent No. 1,341,130 having two separable parts and moreparticularly to improved means for locking the partstogether andreleasing them. The object of the invention is to provide a reliablelocking device which can be positively and easily released. lVhile lhave shown the invention embodied in a cuff button it can, of course, beembodied in other kinds of garment fasteners.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation andpartly in central longitudinal section of a cuff button embodying myinvention and showing the parts in locked position. Fig. 2 is asectional view on line Qf-Q of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a view similar to 1showing the parts applied to the cuff and the locking parts in releasedposition.

1 is a barrel to which is attached the cuii enga-ging member comprising,in the form shown, two disks 2 and 3. The locking; members 4 haveinturned flanges at their outer ends and are engaged at the other endsby a disk 5 movable in the barrel and impelled by the spring 6. Aflanged sleeve 7 is slidably supported in the barrel and earries cuffengaging disk 8; The flange on the sleeve engages with an interiorshoulder on the barrel at one side and the other side is tapered andengages with the outer ends of the lockinnr members 4. The other part ofthe button comprises cuff engaging disks 9 and 10 and a. locking post 11with an enlarged head or fiange 12 which in the lockingr position of theparts is engaged by the inturned flanges on the locking' members 4.

The two parts of the button are brought into locking relation byinserting the post 1l in the sleeve 7, the flanged end of the postengaging: the inwardly ltapered surfaces oi? the locking members andforcing them downward and then apart su'lliciently to allow the movementoi the post to its locking position when the upper ends of the lockingmembers are brought into that portion of the barrel which is et largerinternal diameter than the portion occupied in the locking position.After the end oi the post has passed the locking flanges on the members4, the springwill cause these members to return to the position shown inFig. 1 and engage the shoulder on the post and securely hold it fromwithdrawal. To release the lock7 the sleeve 7 is iinpelled inward byfinger pressurel on the disk 8 which operation iirst moves all of theparts relatively to the barrel and when the upper ends of the lockine;members have been passed to alinement with the enlarged portion of thebarrel they are impelled outward by the tapered surface of the end ofthe sleeve toward position shown in Fig. 3 and out ofengagement with thelocking post thereby permitting the withdrawal oi the post from thesleeve.

Having fully described my invention what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent oi the United States is:

1. A button comprising two separable parts each adapted to engage with abutton hole in a garment.` one of said parts beine; provided with alookin post and the other with a lockingP member engaging with the post.means tendine; to hold said member in locking; position and a manuallyoperated member adapted to move said locking member to release position.y

2. A button comprising two separable parts each adapted to engage with abutton hole in a garment, one of said parts being provided with alocking` post and the other with a locking` member engaging; with thepost.y resilient means tending to hold said member in locking positionand a slidable member adapted to move said lockingl member to releaseposition.

3. A button havine two separable parts, one of said parts comprising abarrel carrying;V a garment engaging member and a sleeve movable in saidbarrel and also carrying a garment engagingr member, a locking postcarried by the other part of the button and insertible in the firstmentioned part through the sleeve, and locking members in the barrel'adapted to engage with the post. said sleeve being adapted to engagewith the looking members to force them to release a sleeve slidable inthe barrel and through position. which the looking post extends, the eX-10 4. A button having two separable parts, tremity of saicl sleevehaving,` a tapered surone part carrying a locking post, and the fac-e toengage with the locking members other parteomprising abarrel, a springimto force them to release position.

pelled disk therein, locking members `in the n ln testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set barrel and engaged by the disk to hold them my handand aiiiXecl my seal.

in lockingposition relative to the post, and JEAN BAPTISTE SBURIN- [L-S-l

